Stylishly Social, Glamorously Green, Simple & Sustainable: The Trade Hub's 2011 Guide to West African Holiday Products!
Friday, December 16 2011
When you’re looking to feel good about your purchases, West African exporters have just the products you need. It’s Gift Giving Time!
From fashionable to practical, the Trade Hub is happy to highlight unique brands and products from West Africa that will bring beauty, flavor, and style to your holiday season.
"Above all, these products are great," said Tim Kunin of CharityUSA. "And once you learn more about them - who makes them and how they're made - the more you'll love them."
Put it in a basket
Shea Butter
Give the Gift of Beauty and Youth!
Companies like L’Occitane, and The Body Shop have helped put shea butter in its rightful place in the beauty care industry, we want to help you put shea butter right in your gift basket. The following companies have come up with great products you can find online and at local retailers.
Shea Butter Hair and Body Care Products by Shea Radiance
Shea Radiance was the 2010 winner of HBA Global’s Green Packaging Award which recognizes the year’s most innovative packaging and design in the cosmetics industry.
Shea Body Cream by Planet Botanicals, Winner of the Best New Beauty Product Award, Expo East 2011
Shea Butter Balm
Ugandan Shea Butter Hand Cream
Shea soaps by All Pure Nature
Oatmeal & Rosemary Shea Soap
Eucalyptus & Mint Shea Soap
Shea soap set
Where to Buy:
Pure Shea Butter and Cream by Ele Agbe
Pure Shea Butter in trendy re-useable tins
Shea Butter Cream in Clay Jar
Shea Butter lotions and body creams by UGPPK
Shea Butter Balm
Shea Butter Muscle Balm
Shea Butter Coconut Hand and Body Cream
Shea Butter and Lavender Balm
Where to Buy: Ten Thousand Villages
Shea Butter Candles
Put it in the kitchen
Divine Chocolate by Divine Chocolate
Milk Chocolate with Spiced Cookies, Limited Edition Dark Chocolate with Hazelnuts and Cranberries, 70% Dark Chocolate Covered Salted Fudge
Where to Buy:
Superfruits and Superfoods – Bring Health to the ones you Love
Moringa
Modern Research has found Moringa to be a preventative for malnutrition. It’s use is widely spreading around the world - and it's not hard to see why: 100g has 10 times the Vitamin A than carrots, 25 times the iron as spinach and 9 times the protein as yogurt!
Moringa Powder 1 lb, Moringa Crushed Leaves, Moringa Powder, Moringa Leaf Powder Capsules
Where to Buy:
Baobab Fruit
The Baobab Fruit is set to become the next big Superfruit. Antioxident levels surpass those of pomegranate and acai, and the fruit is full of vitamins C and A, "It is a wonderful fruit!" rhapsodises Antonio Perez, who spent many years travelling around its native land before opening the African Kitchen Gallery Restaurant in central London. "It is very nutritious, and it has a very special flavour, but the closest I can get to it is jackfruit, which is like melon."
Others say its fruit has a tart, zesty taste—like grapefruit sherbet.
The other added benefit? Harvesting baobab fruit has recently created jobs for thousands in Africa and is expected to generate $1 billion worth of trade a year.
Baobab Oils
Where to Buy:
Baobab Teas here
and Baobab Fruit Jam here
Put it in Their Wardrobe
Dresses and skirts for women, girls, and moms by Global Mamas
Baby Clothes by Global Mamas
Where to Buy:
Put it in Their Stocking
AfricaNow! Home Décor & Fashion Accessories
Art-astic! Ornaments
Christmas Ornaments by Global Mamas
Where to Buy: Trade For Change
We know you have choices when you shop and we’d like to thank you for choosing AfricaNow!, Taste of Africa, and the West African brands that showcase the fabulous talents and tastes of West Africa.
Bags and Totes
Green Bags and Totes by Global Mamas
Recycled Water Pack Shopping, Tote Recycled Water Pack Coin Purse
Where to Buy:
Must Go Under The Tree
Baskets
Ghanaian Market Basket
Brown Prayer Mat Baskets
Berry & Cream Lidded Hamper
Where to Buy:
Leather Laundry Baskets
Where to Buy:
For the Music Lovers
African Drums
Where to Buy:
Trendy Baskets
Use them as bread baskets, magazine holders, umbrella baskets, or to store you bath and body supplies in style:
Where to Buy:
& For anywhere else... Fun Housewarming Gifts
Recycled Bottle Cap Serving Tray from Senegal
Where to Buy:
Ashanti Stool
Where to Buy:
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